I'm so glad I found this thread. I, too, was planning to hold off on romance for Halsin, but after reading through I am so glad that I had time to pivot away from that.

If Halsin starts coercing my character or other characters and there's no way to shut him down or make him leave, my character will kill him and I will stay far away from any Larian game and its sicko writer in the future.

I've been a victim of this sort of man before, due to my "picker" being broken thanks to childhood trauma. They promise you over and over again that they love you, and remain emotionally unavailable until you destroy yourself. Normalizing emotional abuse should not be labeled as entertainment. Any writer who does so is suspect. Perhaps this guy should be investigated like the guy at Blizzard.

Alternatively, if my character has a way to call him out and put him in his place for this nonsense, then I can see it and even champion it for showing emotional abuse for what it is. I'm far too old and damaged to put up with this sort of thing in any medium anymore.

Last edited by Liarie; 01/10/23 01:00 PM.